Yikes!! Stanford calling my computer!!

[Sailfish]

What the hell is this? I though Folding is supposed to be working offline and when finished then sending it's results when I'm online?

I got a attempted dial-in and after further narrowing down it was my Folding@home attempting to also reestablish a connection to the Stanford server.

Is Folding@home creating a backdoor for anyone to access?

What the hell is this business?

Someone hacked the Folding app?

[Rower_CPU]

Check your settings. I'm pretty sure that F@H tries to connect on its own when needed.

[johnnowak]

Oi. :rolleyes:

[bousozoku]

It could simply be that it was unable to return results earlier and it was trying again after 6 hours.

[MrMacMan]

Sometimes the servers are down.

there are 2 times it (tries) to connect to a server.

Downloading a new WU or core

Uploading the results.

anything else... well there is nothing else.

[Sailfish]

Well I'm experiencing some kind of strange behavior, attempted dial outs before the WU is finished and attempted dial-ins.

I was under the impression it downloaded a WU, finished it and asked for more. Not try to dial out beforehand.

Well I'll keep a eye on it, it's isolated machine anyway, still don't want it hacked. Smart boys at Stanford, hacking away in their computer labs. ; )

[vannote]

Originally posted by Sailfish
Smart boys at Stanford, hacking away in their computer labs. ; )

I seriously doubt anyone in the Pande Group is interested in hacking into your machine. You have other issues.

[Sailfish]

Seti and Folding both call out prematurely I've noticed before a WU is finished.

Was a bit upsetting on a voice line, got a phone call I guess at the same time Folding was prematurely dialing out.

No big deal, just raised my paranoia.

[vannote]

Originally posted by Sailfish
Seti and Folding both call out prematurely I've noticed before a WU is finished.

Was a bit upsetting on a voice line, got a phone call I guess at the same time Folding was prematurely dialing out.

No big deal, just raised my paranoia.

I don't use a dial out connection so I could be off the mark here but...

I suspect this is OS X trying to establish an IP connection for a requesting application, in this case it would be the folding and seti apps.

I did see settings in the network preference panel for modem and PPP that would prevent a connect on demand.

Regards

[Sailfish]

Just a update, the time and date were off on my dedicated folding machine, that was creating considerable problems and Folding was trying to call "home" all the time.

I must have received a incoming phone call while Folding was trying to dial out.

I've shut down the Lombard, it was completing a Seti WU every 28-29 hours, not really worth wasting the electricity and generating heat.

I got a folding running on the eMac 800.

But my real workhorse is my Dual G5 2 ghz, whacking out a Seti every few hours and a Folding every few days.

I just can't wait to get a Dual 3 ghz G5 this summer.

I'm addicted to the power.

[vannote]

Originally posted by Sailfish
I've shut down the Lombard, it was completing a Seti WU every 28-29 hours, not really worth wasting the electricity and generating heat.


I don't know about the electricity, I never noticed much of a difference on my electric bill, but I do agree on the heat issue. I don't fold on my PowerBook, only the desktops, for this very reason.

It's almost like grabbing a frying pan by the wrong end. :D I hate it when I do that...

[Sailfish]

Yea I kept open and raised to allow air flow, it has a smashed screen so it was mirrored to a TV, so I used the display off feature.

It was running just fine for months without ever having to do anything except having to jump off my dial-up if I heard it calling out.

But I got the EyeTV and ATI remote package for my 23" and really don't need that bulky TV hogging up space anymore.

I'm shopping for a nice 50+ large screen which I'll hook up to the G5 and mount over my setup.

I can't wait to get it all together and post pictures online.

Oh Santa? You listening? : )